People
OMB to close repository
OMB's Federal Enterprise Architecture Management System will be shut down in favor of CORE.gov.
Acquisition
OMB to send contracting report to Congress
The agency wants to convince members that best-value tradeoffs should not be limited.
People
Agencies use more early-outs, buyouts
A new GAO report states that the total number of agencies using such offers to adjust their workforces has increased in the past two fiscal years.
Acquisition
UPDATED: OMB clarifies business rules
The agency temporarily waives rules regarding advance payments.
People
Bill would require Congress to post lobbyist gifts
Members would have to publish on their official Web sites the cost of gifts and lobbyists' names.
People
GSA awards contract training deals
The agency called the awards to three firms the first major acquisition under the Acquisition Workforce Training Fund for training services from commercial vendors.
People
Espaol.gov adds e-mail alerts
The system is available on 17 of the site's most visited pages.
Acquisition
OMB: Bulk-buying can save money
Agencies have named five commodities that can be bought in bulk through strategic sourcing.
Cybersecurity
Union decries IRS for security weaknesses
The National Treasury Employees Union’s president today criticized the Internal Revenue Service for having weak information security controls.
People
GSA defines its challenges
Embattled agency officials maintain that changes will strengthen GSA
Digital Government
Anti-terrorism agencies get lowest grades
Davis chastises federal agencies for shortsighted attitudes toward FISMA
People
U.S. Access Board names Bibb chairman
The board is an independent federal agency that coordinates governmentwide efforts to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities.
Cybersecurity
IRS cracks down on phishers
You can now forward suspicious e-mail messages to the agency for inspection.
People
IRS.gov scores with citizens
Despite a slight overall decline in the first quarter of 2006, citizen satisfaction with many individual government Web sites rose substantially.
People
Employees like IRS remote access project
It also saves the agency money, the associate chief information officer for enterprise networks said.
Cybersecurity
GAO: IRS security is weak
Taxpayers’ financial and personal information remains at risk, a report states.
People
Taxpayers move to the Web
Percentage of taxpayers filing electronically is up from last year.
People
SiloSmashers wins OMB lines of business work
The BPA award includes work on managing programs, facilitation services and workforce planning, and IT strategy.
Digital Government
Union fights proposed tax regs
Colleen Kelley says the safeguard for tax preparers to get taxpayers' consent before releasing information "truly is meaningless."
Digital Government
Citizen satisfaction with government Web sites stalls
Quarterly measure shows slight drop, but certain sites show improvement, while the annual comparison shows an increase in satisfaction.
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